Washington State and Oregon State are living in the land of a one-bid league and there is no option but to win the WCC Tournament to move on
Michelle Smith
Michelle Smith has covered women’s basketball nationally for more than three decades. A 2024 inductee into the U.S. Basketball Writer’s Hall of Fame, Smith has worked for ESPN.com, The Athletic, the San Francisco Chronicle, as well as Pac-12.com and WNBA.com. She is the 2017 recipient of the Jake Wade Media Award from the Collegiate Sports Information Directors Association (CoSIDA) and was named the Mel Greenberg Media Award winner by the WBCA in 2019.
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NBA All-Star weekend was a miss for WNBA, Valkyries
In just three months, the WNBA’s first expansion team in 17 years will tip-off at the Chase Center in San Francisco and it was not nearly as apparent as it could have been at NBA All-Star weekend
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Golden State Valkyries will go global for their first identity
Even the most salary cap space in the WNBA hasn’t been enough of an enticement for top free agents
Posted inACC, Features, NCAAW
Stanford is ‘optimistic’ the NCAA Tournament is still in sight
The Cardinal are 10-9, a far cry from their usual standard, but head coach Kate Paye lauds her team’s positivity
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Column: Hey free agents, consider the Valkyries
There are plenty of good reasons to join the league’s new expansion team
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Valkyries general manager talks first foray into free agency
Ohemaa Nyanin: ‘Do you have a mindset to build?’
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Los Angeles schools are absorbing the impact of devastating fires
Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount have posted their Thursday games, while UCLA’s status for Sunday remains undetermined
Posted inFeatures, NCAAW, Pac-12
Former Pac-12 teams enter the unfamiliar
Evaluating former Pac-12 teams as they head into their first seasons outside the Conference of Champions
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This year’s LA Story is a compelling one
USC and UCLA both appear to be built for something big, maybe even something worthy of a Hollywood script
Posted inACC, Features, NCAAW
Cal and Charmin Smith make a statement in win over Stanford
Smith: ‘I’m happy to beat Stanford and I’m gonna act like it, because that’s a really good team’